Malachi 2:5
My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave it him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awestruck at my name.
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Exodus 32:26then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him.
Numbers 8:15And afterward the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord.
Numbers 18:8And the Lord said to Aaron, And, behold, I have given you the charge of the firstfruits of all things consecrated to me by the children of Israel; and I have given them to thee as an honor, and to thy sons after thee for a perpetual ordinance.
Deuteronomy 33:8And to Levi he said, 1 Give to Levi his manifestations, 1 And his truth to the holy man, 1 Whom they tempted in the temptation; 1 They reviled him at the water of strife. 1
Psalms 106:30And they are glad, because they are quiet; 1 And he guides them to their desired haven. 1
Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with David a covenant of peace, and I will utterly destroy evil beasts from off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and sleep in the forests.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:2-10
The Office of the Priesthood; Charge against the Priests; The Priests Censured and Threatened. ( b. c. 400.) 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;… Read the whole commentary →